PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
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FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 3, DIVISION 6, SECTION 3.264, RIO REDEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT, LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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The proposed amendments to Section 3.264, LDR, the Rio zoning code, eliminate ambiguity, inconsistency and redundancy and clarify applicability, while minimizing substantive changes. At their meetings on May 10, 2018 and June 7, 2018, respectively, the Rio Neighborhood Advisory Committee and the Local Planning Agency recommended approval of the proposed changes.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Irene A. Szedlmayer, AICP
Title: Senior Planner
REQUESTED BY: Board of County Commissioners
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PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Update of the Land Development Regulations (LDR) as they apply within Martin County's seven Community Redevelopment Areas (CRAs) was identified as a strategic objective of the Board of County Commissioners in 2015. Towards that objective, in April 2017, amendments were adopted to Article 4, Division 14, Parking and Loading, to allow certain on-street parking where posted speed limits are 30 mph or less, and to Article 4, Division 19, Roadway Design, to refine the standards for traditional neighborhood streets. Amendments have also been adopted to Article 3, Division 6, Redevelopment Overlay Districts, LDR, applicable within the Port Salerno, Hobe Sound and Old Palm City CRAs.
ISSUES:
1. The proposed changes to Martin County, FLA, LDR, ?3.263 (2017), are identified and described in the staff report. Despite the extensive amount of text struck-through for deletion or underlined for insertion, the substantive changes are limited and enumerated and explained in the staff report. Most of the changes involve re-organization for the purpose of clarifying which rules and standards apply within the Zoning Overlays and which apply out...
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